Consortium Update

Jason M. Coposky

@jason_coposky

Executive Director, iRODS Consortium

Consortium Update

June 9-12, 2020

iRODS User Group Meeting 2020

Virtual Event

The iRODS Consortium

Our Mission

• Continuous Improvement
• Grow the Community
• Standardization
• Show value to our Membership

The iRODS Consortium

Our History

• Founded in 2013 by RENCI, DICE and DDN
• Accepted the code base in 2014
• Forty releases of iRODS to date

Our Membership

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2019-2020 Activity

• 21 Membership Renewals
• 6 New Members
• 9 New Service Contracts
• Many Proofs of Concept
• 15+ Conferences and Events

2019-2020 New Membership

• BaNQ
• CINES
• KU Leuven
• OpenIO
• Anonymous
• Anonymous

2019-2020 Working Groups

• Authentication
• Metalnx + Metadata Templates
• File System Integration

Organized community efforts to standardize protocols, technologies and methodologies

Details to follow in the Technology Update

2020-2021 Efforts

• Development of Localized User Groups
  • Global community requires local sustainability
• Continue Engagement of System Integrators
  • Focus on the Tier-3 Support Model
• Tighten focus on specific verticals such as Microscopy

Our Business Model

Start with proof of concept

• Use Case Driven
• Hands on
• Service and Support Contracts

 

Consortium Membership

• Four Levels - $10k to $150k
• 10 to 300 hours of support
• Participation in Software roadmap
• Discounted hourly rate

 

Tier 3 Support

• Systems Integrators
• Compute Vendors
• Storage Vendors

What am I missing?

• Questions?
• Comments?
• Criticisms?
• Complaints?